expanded to include us and winchester, martinsburg, hagerstown, parts of the northern neck. you are not in the the advisory, you can see it covers just about everyone. tappahannock , a half mile. norfolk problematic, a quarter mile annapolis. quarter mile in frederick, in baltimore. but zero dulles, leesburg, gaithersburg, winchester, a quarter mile in culpeper, manassas and dc and a few more hours before the sun starts to come up and reverse the trend of the thickening fog. so a rough morning. dense fog advisory until 9:00 a.m. temperatures as chilly as 40 in laytonsville where the fog is thick. columbia 47. 52 in brandywine and annapolis. a stray afternoon shower can't be ruled out and breezy.

highs in the low 70s. right now foggy and 51. time for traffic. yeah, if you are leaving in the the next couple of hours, leave earlier. i promise you in many spots of the viewing region you won't be able to go the normal speed you are used to. traveling the dulles toll road, i went a good ten miles urn what i usually traveled. a lot of people with low beams on and it is like in the entire way from frederick to the spur. in to dc on river road you will have a couple of patches of clearing but low visible out here. so take your time. the beltway in maryland, it is going to be tough to see in spots here as well as evident here at colesville road. the live shot of the outer loop if you can see it on route 4, route 5 and 301. the same situation on all three of those roads and wrap it up with the beltway in virginia. bad, bad bad out here. watch your speed.

no incidents or accidents to report but low visibility is the big story this morning. back to you. maryland state board of elections is requesting an investigation of state senator ulysses curry of prince georges county. according to the baltimore sun, the influential senator is accused of using $41,000 in campaign funds to pay for apparent criminal defense legal fees over the last year. the board is not satisfied with how the campaign explained more than $53,000 in questionable expenditures. dc police need your help to catch two robbers. officers say two men walked in to nelly's sports bar in the 900 block of u street northwest on monday night. they say the manwaring the baseball caps pointed a weapon at the manager and demanded cash the pair then ran out the back with employees following them. if you have any information about this crime, call police. the army is considering whether to rescind an invitation to evangelist

franklin graham. graham son of billy graham was supposed to appear at the pentagon on may 6th, the national day of prayer but complaints about his description of islam as evil as the -- has the military questioning whether they should pull the invitation. the military freedom foundation says it would offend muslim employees at the pentagon and endanger troops by stirring up muslim extremists. president obama says it is very important his next supreme court nominee takes women's ' rights in to account in interpreting the constitution but he said the nominee will not have to past a litmus test on abortion. yesterday president obama and vice president biden met with top senate leaders to discuss the next nominee. the president plans to nominate someone by the end of may at the latest. the coast guard continues to look for 11 workers after their oil platform exploded. survivors are being reunited with their families this morning. more than 120 workers were

saved. it's not certain what caused yesterday's explosion off of the coast of louisiana. seven survivors were injured. it is time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is here with the a preview of wall street. an hour before the close i thought it was going to be negative. >> but we turned positive. small gains. but this morning we will focus on earnings. microsoft, pepsi and verizon. in the meantime investors are waking up to losses overseas this morning. asian markets sank as much as 2% over concerns over greece's economic problems. the dow is at 11125 after eking out an eight-point gain. the nasdaq added 4 and the s&p 500 slipped by one point. president obama is slated to visit new york today two miles away from wall street at the cooper union college. he will push for passing tough financial reform. michael bloomberg plans to

attend the speech. he is arguing too much regulation could endanger the economy as much as others say it could protect it. would a healthier ramen dish taste as good? we may find out. the inventor of ramen is leading efforts to change the fast food industry. specifically he's pushing for less salt, better environmental standards and a bigger push for corporate responsibility by donating noodles to disaster victims the instant meals were created to feed japan's population during the food shortages that developed after world war ii and they feed a lot of college students as well. >> we had a lot of them in the house. what's your money-saving tip about? >> everybody loves the iphone but there are cheaper versions out there that maybe you want to consider if you are looking. >> okay. still to come when 9 news now returns, the company that owns the coal mine where 29 workers were killed could be

falling on hard financial times. and later we will take you to a special reunion for people who have given the gift of life.

looking at 29 and route 123 in virginia. fog will be the factor this morning. we will have a look at the roads coming up. troubled coal producer massey energy says it expects to lose $150 million in the second quarter due to the explosion that killed 29 men. they predicted the loss on wednesday as it has lower first quarter earnings. international flights are taking off after stranded a week due to iceland's erupting volcano. it could be days or weeks before the backlog of flights are cleared around the world. airlines have lost close to $2

billion in what is called the worst global flight disruption since 9/11. a round of severe weather across the denver, colorado metro area on wednesday taking some -- hitting some areas with a lot of hail. some suburbs had so much hail it covered the ground like snow. still to come when 9 news now returns, some private items from the kennedy's safe deposit box are on display at the smithsonian. we will look at the low visibilities and talk about the weekend. a lot of issues coming up. i will tell you all about it. 9 news now will return after this. es now, that's progressive. call or click today.

good morning. i'm joined by person ben and he's joined by. >> master phillip take your child to work day. it is not just earth day but take your child to work day. >> i like the way you are complementing each other in dark suits and red and blue tie. >> did you choose that or did mom. >> mom. >> talk about the weather headlines. let's get to the weather graphics. phillip will help with the headlines talking about a lot of things going on here. >> here are the weather headlines. >> an unsettled pattern is kicking in the next week or so.

>> starting with a dense fog advisory until 9:00 a.m. >> and stray shower is possible because a front is approaching. >> nice friday. >> and showers and storms on saturday, more likely in the afternoon as we go through the weekend. looking at the dense fog advisory this morning, the counties from the shenandoah valley to southern maryland, northern virginia and dense fog also is showing up across the northern neck and over to the eastern shore. we have visibilities like toward salisbury, georgetown, and locally zero in leesburg and dulles. zero in martinsburg, that's not good. tell us about the drive in this morning. you were saying, dad i can't see. >> yeah, i could not see anything. hardly a foot in front of the car. >> you think it will be a tough commute for everybody? >> pretty much. >> there you have it from the expert here. three quarters in orange. culpeper a quarter mile. not so bad at andrews. >> but annapolis is.

>> point 25 oar one quarter. >> exactly. not a bad afternoon here it will be warmer. high temperature of -- >> high temperature of 72. and tomorrow a pleasant day with a high of. >> 70. >> on saturday showers will be moving in with temperatures in the. >> 60s. >> exactly. at the bus stop, you will miss the bus stop forecast, how about your classmates there. how about that? >> a lot of fog and temperatures 38 to 52 degrees. >> sunrise is 6:22. for this afternoon it will be mostly sunny, breezy with a stray shower possible. we will stand on this side with highs in the low 70s. winds northwest at ten and tonight variably could did and cold. temperatures running between 45 and 52. now as we look at the satellite and radar this morning that's the rain from yesterday with the light wind and clear skies overnight. that allowed the fog to condense and cool. and it has gotten cool. we have temperatures down to 40

in martinsburg and winchester. visibility near zero. we sit at 52 at reagan national and gaithersburg 53. we have seen laytonsville around 54. -- 40. winds are calm. that is helping with the fog and high humidity 88%. some areas are very high. phillip, the seven-day forecast, what's going on. >> today we have 72. tomorrow 70, well, highs at least. >> the weekend? >> on saturday and sunday, we are in the 60s and 70s. >> with showers moving in on saturday and off and on on sunday, maybe thunder, as well. it is time for angie and a look at the traffic. >> i'm rallying for a big bump in the allowance for phillip. you know howard bernstein having to do half the work this morning. hey, everybody. good morning. >> twice the work. >> twice the work he says, of course he says that. connecticut and bradley boulevard an okay drive for the most part but this is how

things change, 355 and shady grove, very low visibility here. we can hardly see the head lights we are tracking. a lot of fog this morning. on the toll road, the same situation. a live look at route 7. as we can switch it over from the weather camera to show you. this is a tough drive this morning. i drove it in fact and took me longer than usual, ten minutes to make it through that. so factor in extra minutes. 66 eastbound, more drivers are hitting the road. low visibility out here and the story continues on to 395 through the beltway making your way in to the district. a little bit of that pea soup to contend with. back to you. the widow of the late senator ted kennedy victoria reggie kennedy took part in ceremonies to mark the first anniversary of the serve america act. the event was held yesterday in washington during national volunteer week. at a luncheon, organizers of national service groups talked

about how to increase opportunities for americans and sustain momentum. the smithsonian's national museum of american history received items from the kennedy era that have been in a receive deposit box for years. one item is a cane used by president kennedy during world war ii. robinson made the donations. he and jfk were both pt boat commanders in the south pacific. new york's presbyterian hospital columbia hosted an event to celebrate 3,000 kidney transplants there since the first one in 1969. some the result of kidney swapping. that's when a loved one who isn't a match for their loved one is a match for another. >> we increase the number of live donors by a third, which is huge. >> reporter: in december of 2009, surgeons here in the district performed 26 kidney swap surgeries saving 13 lives. there are 80,000 americans

waiting for a kidney right now but each year there are only 17,000 transplants. doctors hope kidney swaps make more organs available and save more lives. next when 9 news now returns highlights from the caps game and fans. the team appears to be on a roll. we will look at the celebrities born on this date --

good morning, everyone. i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. what's the matter with ovechkin ? that's what people were asking after game one when the two-time mvp was held without a single shot on goal and the answer of course, is nothing. as evidenced by his four goals, three assists and ten shots since then. game four, last night, similar onin goal as good as he was on monday even better last night. watch him rob mike at point blank range. 36 saves. tied at two in the second. this is ovechkin. this is his second of the game. puts the caps up 3-2 and 52

seconds after that matt bradley trying the wrap around here. jason waiting on the weak side. shoves it in made it 4-2. it they added a pair of empty netter and the caps lead the series 3-1. >> finding ways to win is what we have done all year. there's been so many games -- not so many but games where it is tied in the second period and we just keep going and getting a couple of goals in the third period and i think that's made our record this year what it is. >> reporter: game five tomorrow at verizon center. we will have live coverage at 5:00. pudge rodriguez is leading the nl batting 4:44 this year. must be something in the dirt behind the play because pudge got last night off and his backup was the nationals hero. hosting the rock last night. the backup catcher up with a couple men on. the bat to left. willing ham trots around.

nats lead. so cue matt who puts a couple of guys on to make it interesting and throws the cheese past stewart to end the game. jason marquee goes on the dl with a hurt elbow. straussburg is making his third pro start and lights out again. five shut out innings. the era .72. we should see him here in six weeks. of course the nfl draft is today. redskins have just one pick in the first three rounds. some believe they could try to add to the total by trading campbell before the day is over. asker the number four overall pick, most have the skins taking one of the offensive tackle studs out of oklahoma state. several boards have them taking notre dame quarterback. that's a look at sports. we will have live coverage from redskins park at 5:00 this evening. until then have a great thursday. next when 9 news now returns, how will metro cover a

$200 million budget short fall? the agency's interim general manager has an idea. and the family of a prince georges county middle school student with special needs is demanding answers after allegations of abuse surfaced. angie? >> fog, fogging fog. 29 and university is a good example of how it is impacting our morning drive. stay with us for more on when the advisory will end. cc

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welcome back to 9 news now. i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us this morning. angie goff will have the traffic in just a moment. first here's howard with a foggy forecast. >> it is included eastern virginia. we are talking harrisburg down to danville almost and norfolk. go anywhere from there, including us and baltimore you are under the dense fog advisory. eastern shore still is not. we will watch that. look at the satellite and radar first and then to the dense fog

advisory. the rain from yesterday, a nice gentle rain but left low-level moisture. perfect combinations for forming fog and all the counties in yellow which is everybody except western maryland and shenandoah valley and the eastern shore. >> keep airlines on the ground. >> there will be flight delays with visibilities at dulles at zero at last check. same with gaithersburg and leesburg, martinsburg, hagerstown, a quarter mile and even at gnash we have been dropping to a mile and a quarter. a lot of fog. tappahannock , three quarters of a mile. some of the fog you will be driving and then hit blinding fog where the visibilities is 50 feet. keep that in mind. temperatures in the 40s to near 40 to actually near 50. some spots in the upper 30s before we rebound. looking at the day at a glance, early fog. a stray shower can't be ruled out but breezy and warmer with

highs in the low 70s. it is almost 5:28. hello, angie. >> remember i'm connecting with you on-line at wusa9.com, facebook and twitter. if you have a traffic question, i'm here to answer it. 95 northbound. that's where we are watching volume build between 123 and route 1. when you hit the fairfax county parkway, boom, that's when you will hit the fog. like that as you make your way to the micking bowl to 395, we will take it to route 50 and glebe road. if these are the roads you travel we have low visibility throughout the area. on the outer loop the same situation. patchy fog here. a live shot of the outer loop at university. crossing the key bridge in to georgetown and on to m street. going to the camera you can see it is clear out here. little better in to northwest dc. back to you. metro is facing one of its worst budget short falls in the agency's history but today metro's interim general manager will present a new plan to

close the agency's nearly $200 million budget gap. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is live at the vienna fairfax station with more. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. for the most part the plan calls for some pretty substantial rate hikes which is what the majority of people that spoke out at public hearings last month were hoping for. the bad news here is there are some somewhat significant service cuts, especially on the weekends. check this out. our partners over at the washington examiner are reporting this proposed plan calls for closing the rail system at 2:00 a.m. instead of 3:00 a.m. on weekends with riders paying a flat $4 fare for all late- night service regardless of the trip length it would close four stationens entrances after 8 p.m. on weekday and 8 p.m. on the weekends.

richard sarles is asking to raise the rates 30 cents. and as much as $5 for the longest trips. bus fares would rise 25 cents from 1.25 to 1.50. visit tores and occasional riders, get this, they would have to pay even more. bus riders paying cash need to cough up an extra ten cents and rail riders would pay an extra 25 cents per transaction. this plan is not yet a done deal. of course, keep in mind, this is only a proposed plan. metro board still needs to vote on it and approve it and that should take place sometime next week. andrea, back to you. >> thank you. later today a beloved middle school principal will be buried in a private funeral in manassas, virginia. yesterday 2,000 mourners attended an emotional wake at the pierce funeral home. andrea mccarren has more.

>> instead of making us a school he made us a family and it's hard to know that the father of our family is gone. >> he wasn't just my principal but my best friend. he helped me be the person i am today. >> for some of us he was a father, a mentor, an important person. >> like a true father to me and i loved him dearly. >> reporter: the parents of pet bet and his sister greeted more than 2,000 mourners. among them this group of ninth graders who liked brian betts so much they did something extraordinary and lobbied the school system to stay at shaw middle school for another year as ninth graders. it was unprecedented. >> he understands everything about ninth graders he would know what we were going through in our life and we could call him anytime at night and he would listen no matter what. >> he wasn't like just a principal but a best friend. >> when we had problems he would find a way to help us.

he was he best principle we ever had. >> reporter: hail while children try to understand the incomprehensible police look for a killer. >> do you know what kind of person -- he did not deserve it. >> they took an innocent man. the person who killed brian betts took a second father from me. >> only person we had to keep us moving forward. now we have to do it by ourself. >> if i could say a final good- bye to mr. brian betts would be a i love him so much and it is not a good-bye but i will see him soon. >> reporter: several students told us they are going to work hard to become proficient in math and english to try to realize brian betts' dream to become the highest scoring school in the district. brian betts will be buried on thursday in a private service. in manassas, andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >> lawyers for an alleged police beating victim at the university of maryland finally have a missing video in hand.

this is fuzzy video in question. it shows events on knox road leading up to the alleged riot police beating of jack mckenna on march third. university police said they found it on tuesday and didn't give it to the lawyers first because they thought all the copies had been erased. >> the 90 minute gap is we believe a technicians era when it was transmitted and complied with the subpoena. >> of the 15 or so cameras we received it was the most important camera that was omitted. they say it is a mistake it but it is a coincidence that raises enough questions that one would hope it is thoroughly investigated. >> reporter: the police officer in charge of video surveillance the night of the beating happens to be married to one of the mounted officers at the scene of that beating. university officials say she recaused herself from handling video once the lures subpoenaed the tape. as for the video released yesterday, it doesn't show the

beating but the circumstances of how it disappeared and then was found are the subject 0 a state police investigation. an accokeek, maryland family says a teachers aide from oxon hill middle school beat their mentally challenged child. the family spokesperson says the teenager has the mental capacity of a 6-year-old. she says the alleged incident happened april 6th inside the gym. she says a man grabbed a basketball an threw it at the face of the teenager. >> he then picked the child up. threw him in to the bleachers. as the child attempted to get up, the assaulting teacher grabbed him once again and threw him back in to the bleachers for a second time. >> reporter: no word yet if the accused teachers aides faced disciplinary action but the school sent out a letter a week after the alleged incident notifying parents the school's principal had stepped down. the letter did not make accusations of a student being

hit. the case is being referred to child welfare authorities. time for another "living $mart" report. and jessica foil is back. this year earth day means freebie day. >> that's right. who doesn't love a freebie. >> today you have got your pick. there are tons of household names handing out all kinds of freebies today. of course all in the name of earth day. our partners at "usa today" report disney stores are handing out eco caps. pottery barn kids is giving away free plants. stonyfield farms free mp 3s. ing wemans free reusable bags and burts bees smoothies and beards. the first tv ad for barnes & nobles reader. reader. apple's iphone is the hottest smart phone out there,

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welcome back. we are looking at 0 westbound where we have a dense fog advisory going on. it will be a tough ride as far as visibility is concern all the way to the beltway. your complete traffic is coming up. in the news now at 5:39, six people are dead and another five are hurt after a collision of military helicopters in columbia. it happened as the choppers were attempting to take off from the military base. with part of an offensive against a military group in the area, a general and five soldiers are among the dead. the coast guard says at least 11 people are missing after an explosion and fire at an oil drilling platform off the louisiana coast. a boat carrying 100 survivors from the platform blast has arrived on shore. the survivors were reunited with their families this morning. seven of them were hurt. the search continues for the missing workers. two workers in south florida are safe after hanging by their safety harnesses when their scaffolding collapsed at a high-rise building on

wednesday. rescuers were able to pull the men through two windows on the 14th floor. no one was hurt. when we come back after the break, a pair of thieves makes off with a man's new ipad and it is all caught on tape. here's howard. outside on the terrace visibility is less than a mile. some areas near zero. thank yesterday's rain for that. i will let you know when the fog will burn off and what the weekend looks like. 9 news now return after this. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to upgrade and build out our wired and wireless networks.

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denver police have released shopping mall surveillance video hoping it generates leads to two men who stole a shoppers ipad and tore off part of his pinger in the process. bill jordan was attacked as he was leave the mall. two men followed him and one grabbed for the ipad shopping bag.

he had the strings an the finger. >> it stripped the skin off of my pinky and went down to the bone. >> he had to have part of the finger amputated. he wants the attackers caught before they can hurt anyone else. the coast guard released a dramatic call for help from a fishing goat in the gulf of mexico of alaska. -- gulf of alaska. >> this is kodiak, roger, i understand you are going down. requesting. no persons ofen board. >> four persons on board. we are getting in a life raft here. we going down. >> the crew sent their may day call on tuesday night as the boat started to sink. three crewmen but a fourth had died by the time they arrived. they suffered hypothermia but are in stable condition. 2500 people set a world record by enjoying ice cream. they gathered in rock island, illinois to set a world record for most people simultaneously

eating ice cream. urn the rules. each person had to lick ice cream held by the person next to them for one minute. they beat the record set last year in spain and you know the record will probably be beaten sometime this summer. >> a minute. i could go for an hour. >> how about that. >> are we any better as far as visibility. >> not going to get better for a couple more hours. the sun is up in 45 minutes or so. 40, 45 minute and then will burn off the fog. that means another 40 minutes or thickening fog. >> we said earlier people should call airports before they head out to make sure flights are on time. >> visibilities at dull real estate and bwi near row and dulles a little better even their visibilities are dropping. the dense fog advisory covers everyone. it is expanded to include hagerstown and winchester, martinsburg and south to the

northern neck through richmond and norfolk and up through south central pennsylvania a lot of real estate, a lot of fog this morning. visibilities you see the zeros coming in from martinsburg and winchester. leesburg, dulles, over to gaithersburg now. we are down a quarter mile here in orange. fredericksburg not so bad at 7. a quarter mile from annapolis and baltimore and frederick. and even down to tappahannock. you have been bouncing between a half and three-quarters of a mile. patchy dense fog and some of this, you get to zero viability almost. it is really dense and will take extra time. angie will have more in a couple of minutes. the forecast first, it will be warmer and maybe an isolated shower, pleasant 70 and tomorrow saturday showers. temperatures in the mid-60s. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning a lot of fog. 38 many the cold spots to 52 in the warm spots. near the bay, downtown, sunrise is 6:22. going to take an hour or two

after that before we really start to see the fog really shrink up. this may hold on until mid- morning as a dense fog advisory until 9:00. stray shower this afternoon. low 70s for high and northwest wind picking up ten to 25 gusting to 25 with a front. variably cloudy and cool tonight. northwest wind at five to ten. the sunset 7:52 and a nice day for friday. we're at 52. the low 40s with no wind and the fog in martinsburg at 40. 51 orange and fredericksburg the warm spot along with cambridge at 55. annapolis is 51 and here in washington we in the low 50s. laytonsville had a lot offing if along with rockville. in the 40s here. 50 in reston with the fog. arlington is 50 and brandywine 52. we have high humidity. the national is 88%. and some areas near 100. and low level moisture leftover from the rain yesterday contributing to the fog situation this morning. nationally there's a big storm

out west. we are talking about this because as it moves across the country it will try to get warmer air in here and little pieces of energy are coming across the country. you can see one coming out here through the midwest. that will pass to the south and another behind it and with a frontal boundary here. this will come through late and a slight chance of a shower later on but also increase the winds and we will get rid of the fog we have for the morning. as far as the weekend is concerned, we are talking about more unsettled weather. warm air is coming up. not that pretty. fog burns off 72, maybe a late shower. friday 70 looking good. showers return on saturday 66. warm sector on sunday. showers are on earth day celebration at the national mall. and showers and 67. here's angie. we have our first traffic alert for the morning coming from the bw parkway heading southbound at the beltway. you can see crash activity. please be careful if you are

heading this way. if we head outside on 270, heavy, heavy fog from frederick past father hurley all the way to the split. we will next take it out west and show you 66 eastbound. looks like a tough trip as far as the fog is concerned a lot of low visibility from manassas to route 50 to inside the beltway. speaking of 495 in virginia. between the wilson bridge up to the american legion bridge. going to hit patches of fog out there and you want to factor in extra minutes. you are not going to go at the speed you are used to the next hour or so. that's the latest traffic. back to you. from the chicken houses on the eastern shore to the cattle feed lots of the midwest, oceans of manure are creating dead zones off shore. bruce leshan has a story of family farmer who just nabbed one of the most prestigious environmental prizes for trying to make a difference. >> reporter: in the wide open spaces of runaway county,

michigan on the land that bears her family name, lynn and her husband were living their dream. >> i love farming. farming is our way of life. >> reporter: in the ' 90s her way of life came urn assault. within ten miles of her home a dozen factory farms sprung up. places where tens of thousands of animals are raised barely able to move. >> i refer to them as animal factories because the animals are nothing more than machines. they don't get to see the you door their entire life. >> reporter: thousands of gallons of waste from the factory farms is channeled in to open pits where the toxic brew of feces, urine, antibiotics, pesticides, blood and bacteria is left to ferment before it is stray sprayed out on farm fieldings. henning says the stench is fatherly unbearable. the toxic gases like ammonia, methane, carbon monoxide and

hydrogen sulfite have injured families living nearby. >> we have people that get irreversible brain damage, anger, memory loss. >> reporter: henning logs 100 miles a week measuring the runoff in to area streams, pressing the state to enforce clean water laws and fighting the argument that giant feed lots are the only way that america can raise inexpensive food. >> we are not looking at the environmental cost. >> reporter: not everyone is happy about her work. >> we have dead animals left on our front porch. we have skunks, pos , raccoon left in the fail box. >> for her activism she won the $150,000 goldman environmental prize. but says she would have kept fighting any way. >> this have a life and death situation. we have to have clean water, clean air and land to raise our supply and food. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> henning is attending a goldman prize ceremony at the

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t.j.maxx. oh my goff. i'm angie with what's buzzing in entertainment. rihanna has been released from a hospital in switzerland. the 22-year-old is on tour in europe and was hospitalized before a show on monday.

after her released she performs on tuesday and wednesday night. it is still unknown why she went to the hospital. julie chen might be making a move to daytime tv. the "early show" and big brother host will be shooting a pilot show expected to rival, the view. " other cohosts include sara bill gilbert and real house wives of new york star beth think frankel. heather locklear may have had a tiger woods moment early saturday morning. the melrose place actor was arrested after an late-night accident in her neighborhood. he her bmw jumped a curb and hit a sign because she was on probation, officers arrested her but it is unclear if she was behind the wheel. earth day celebrations across the district are underway. deputy white house social secretary is here with the host of the evening kathleen matthews who had the latest on the project to save the endangers rain forest in

brazil. spotted at the rooftop reception, lisa clark, maddie lowe, jessica gibson and amid. our top report this morning sent in by mary, a fund-raising night that showcased talented students with a surprise performance by the teachers [ laughter ] students were out of their seats watching the county staff breaking it down to the black eyed peas. don't see that too often. it was part of an annual talent show in austin. students like martina also performed at the event. it started in 2006 to support the race for the cure. heather was the sister of sean gardener who lost her battle with breast cancer. they report it raised $10,000 in one night for the team.

what great news is happening in your community? tell me about it. get in touch with me on-line at oh my goff.tv. click on angie's army and sent send in your videos and events today. switching gears, another local outreach effort giving to those that serve. it is called star spangled smiles and in the end a veteran will walk away with a new set of teeth. it is a prize that the past has changed lives. from. >> from battling allergies. >> the pollen count is crazy. >> to toying with his dog. >> they are called a bully breed like the boxers and the pit bulls and the bull terriers. >> reporter: to talking about his time at war. >> i saw some things i didn't want to see. >> it appears mark opens up about anything. it wasn't always like this. >> i wouldn't talk to people. i wouldn't sit here and talk to somebody like i am sitting here now. i wouldn't look at them in the face. >> a year ago his teeth were

deemed terminal, abscess after abscess broken at the gum. damage done during his years serving. >> there are situations where you are not going to be able to brush. you can't say, hey, guys, don't shoot at me, let me brush my teeth. >> reporter: he didn't know his face of being home bound from embarrassment were numbered. his mom saw a contest to give a service member a free smile. she won. >> i'm not ashamed of my mouth and the way my teeth looked. >> i do the surgery first thing in the morning. >> the doctors worked on la belle under one room in one day. >> we extracted all the bad teeth and then we level out the gum. >> what we did is we put four implants an then the teeth the same day. so he has a new pair of new teeth fixed to him. >> now from going out to setting new goals. with his new view toward life,

la belle is not looking back. >> like the first two days after they put these in i smiled more than i had in ten years. so it was kind of weird. everyone is like oh, smile for us. and i was like, i don't know how to do that. >> when did you start to get laugh lines? >> oh, well, there could be worse things, right? >> reporter: clear choice, wusa 9 and "usa today" are sponsors of this year's contest and we are still taking nominations for local active service members and veterans who win a new smile, like mark's complete with dental implants. the deadline is tomorrow, so hurry up. get the entries in. you can find the form on-line at star star spangled smiles.com. >> great story there. and thank you for watching. thanks for joining us on 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. howard has the forecast. prepare yourself it is a foggy morning. >> frost cast is